League of Legends World Championship finalist Azubu Frost fined $30,000 for rules violations

Prior to last night's League of Legends World Championship semi-finals, Riot released the findings of their investigation into several potential instances of cheating during the quarterfinals. The most severe instance of rule violations fell on Azubu Frost player Woong, whose actions of looking at an above booth mini-map resulted in a strategic advantage for his team. As punishment, Azubu Frost is fined 20% of its winnings from defeating Team Solomid and advancing into the semifinals -- $30,000 of $150,000.

Four other events of above booth mini-map viewing resulted in warnings issued to the participatory teams and players. These four instances include WE WeiXiao during the CLG.EU vs. WE game 3, iGZzitai during the SK vs. iG game, TSMDyrus during the TSM vs. AZF game 1, and TPA Stanley during the TPA vs. Naijin game 2. Riot's investigation found that each of these rule violations resulted in no direct gameplay advantage for the player or their team.

The above booth venue screens that showed each team's mini-maps will remain for the League of Legends season 2 finals between Taipei Assassins and Azubu Frost, but Riot has built an overhang so that players will be unable to look at them. Riot has also promised a higher diligence in the future, so events like this won't happen again. The finals resume Saturday, October 13 at 7PM PDT.

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Well anyway, cheating is against rules. They should've been kicked from the tournament, not fined. They've only been fined 20% of their winnings, so they still have $120,000 to be shared around, plus the fact they are in the next round.

Well anyway, cheating is against rules. They should've been kicked from the tournament, not fined. They've only been fined 20% of their winnings, so they still have $120,000 to be shared around, plus the fact they are in the next round.

Whether it had an impact on the final result, cheating is cheating.

As if it's not Riot's (or whoever designed the stage) shear stupidity that put the screen where players could see it in the first place. It really boggles my mind that something so large, both literally and metaphorically, could be missed in a professional tournament. Not one person said, "Hey... maybe this isn't a good idea... And here's why..."

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They knew it was possible Supernova1332, so they told the contestants they must be facing forward at all times, but that was rather stupid, and thankfully they realize that. I don't know how the final stage will be set up, was still in construction when it was in the background of the semifinals, but it shouldn't be set up in such a way again.

Even the pros get desperate by the sounds of things. I remember when me and 3 friends were playing together, 2 on each team, and the twins were playing next to eachother on opposite teams, one screen cheated and saw I was in the bush about to jump them. So they fired a lux ez ult at me and I died ...

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